Hearts and Hands deals with many of the difficult issues addressed in Luis Rodrguez's memoir of gang life, Always Running, but with a focus on healing through community building. Empowered by his experiences as a peacemaker with gangs in Los Angeles and Chicago, Rodrguez offers a unique book of change. He makes concrete suggestions, shows how we can create nonviolent opportunities for youth today, and redirects kids into productive and satisfying lives. And he warns that we sacrifice community values for material gain when we incarcerate or marginalize people already on the edge of society. His interest in dissolving gang influence on black and latino kids is personal as well as societal; his son, to whom he dedicates Hearts and Hands, is currently serving a prison sentence for gang-related activity. With anecdotes, interviews, and time-tested guidelines, Hearts and Hands makes a powerful argument for building and supporting community life.
Autorentext
Autorentext
Best known for his autobiographical Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A., LUIS RODRIGUEZ has written for the Nation, Grand Street, and the Los Angeles Weekly, among others. Winner of a National Book Award, a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, and an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship for poetry, Rodriguez is also the founder of Tía Chucha Press, which publishes emerging socially conscious poets. He lives in San Fernando, California, with his wife, Trina, and their family. In 2014, Rodriguez was named Poet Laureate of the City of Los Angeles.
Titel
Hearts and Hands
Untertitel
Creating Community in Violent Times
Autor
EAN
9781609800574
ISBN
978-1-60980-057-4
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
04.01.2011
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
0.47 MB
Anzahl Seiten
368
Jahr
2011
Untertitel
Englisch
Unerwartete Verzögerung
Ups, ein Fehler ist aufgetreten. Bitte versuchen Sie es später noch einmal.